Meigs County, OH tax sales
Meigs County, Ohio sells both tax lien certificates and tax deeds. The County Treasurer runs the certificate sale (18% maximum, bid down), and the County Sheriff holds the tax deed sale on parcels whose certificates go unredeemed, from the county seat in Pomeroy, under R.C. Chapter 5721.
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- Next sale
- Sales are posted case by case rather than on a fixed annual date.
- Format
- County site
- County office
- 740-992-2004
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How Meigs County sells delinquent taxes
Tax certificate sale (lien)
- Run by
- Meigs County Treasurer
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- No tax lien certificate sale is scheduled or advertised. The Treasurer's website publishes no certificate sale date, list, or bidder notice.
- Registration
- No certificate bidder registration process is published by the county.
Registration and deposit
Sale format and venue
Ohio Revised Code 5721.32 and 5721.33 allow a county treasurer to sell tax lien certificates, but Meigs County advertises none. The Treasurer's site covers property tax payment options and a delinquent tax contract that lets an owner pay overdue taxes in installments, and it carries no certificate sale page, bidder list, or auction platform. No platform is confirmed for a Meigs County certificate sale, so verify with the Treasurer's office before assuming one exists.
Source: Meigs County Treasurer (official site), including the posted sheriff sale listing for delinquent land tax· Verified Aug 7, 2026
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Meigs County Sheriff's Office
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- Sales are posted case by case rather than on a fixed annual date.
- Sale list
- Meigs County Sheriff Sales
When it runs
Sales are posted case by case rather than on a fixed annual date. The listing published by the Treasurer gives a sale date of Friday, August 7th, 2026 at 10:00 AM. The Sheriff's online sale calendar separately showed a foreclosure sale set for Friday, August 14, 2026 at 10:00 AM ET.
Registration and deposit
The Treasurer's delinquent land tax listing names no advance registration step and directs questions to Traci Carter at the Sheriff's Office, 740-992-4652. Bidders who want case detail on the county online sheriff sale site must create an account and log in there. Confirm deposit, payment, and bidder terms with the Sheriff's Office before the sale date.
Sale format and venue
Meigs County brings delinquent parcels to auction through court foreclosure on delinquent land tax, filed as DLT cases with the Meigs County Treasurer as plaintiff and sold by the Sheriff. The current listing published by the Treasurer states the auction takes place on the Meigs County Courthouse steps and that all sales are final and sold as is, so plan for an in-person courthouse auction unless the Sheriff's Office confirms otherwise. The Sheriff's own Sheriff Sales page instead sends bidders to the county online sheriff sale site at meigs.sheriffsaleauction.ohio.gov, operated by Realauction.com LLC under the RealForeclose brand, whose bidder rules state that anyone bidding on a tax foreclosure case is subject to Ohio Revised Code 5721.19 and that bids must be in whole 100 dollar increments once the auction opens. Because both formats are advertised at the same time, confirm the venue for a specific case with the Sheriff's Office before you bid. The Auditor keeps no sale list of its own and refers the public to the Sheriff.
Source: Meigs County Sheriff's Office, Sheriff Sales page· Verified Aug 7, 2026
Meigs County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Meigs County tax sale 2026 searches, use the county-run sources below rather than a copied parcel list, and confirm the parcel, registration cutoff, deposit, and payment deadline against the county before you bid.
Get the advertised list
Use Meigs County Sheriff Sales for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.Register to bid
Ask the county office how and when to register; many counties close registration days or weeks before the sale.Sale day
Sales are posted case by case rather than on a fixed annual date. The county names Official public sheriff sale web site, at the county's subdomain of sheriffsaleauction.ohio.gov as its auction platform but has not published a direct bidding link. Confirm the date and window with the county.Confirm with the office
If the list, platform, and notice disagree, use Meigs County Sheriff's Office as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Meigs County
4 checks
Start with the live sale list
Pull the current advertised parcels from Meigs County Sheriff Sales. Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.Confirm registration and deposit
The Treasurer's delinquent land tax listing names no advance registration step and directs questions to Traci Carter at the Sheriff's Office, 740-992-4652. Bidders who want case detail on the county online sheriff sale site must create an account and log in there. Confirm deposit, payment, and bidder terms with the Sheriff's Office before the sale date.
Check the state rules that change the bid
Read the Ohio due-diligence checklist before bidding. Redemption, liens that survive a tax deed, title cleanup, and payment deadlines can change what a parcel is worth.Set a walk-away number
Work out what the parcel is actually worth with the rural land value estimator, then turn it into a ceiling with the tax deed max-bid calculator.
Over-the-counter (leftover) purchases
unsold liens and deeds
Ohio has no over-the-counter tax certificate channel. The equivalent inventory is the county auditor's forfeited land list, made up of parcels that drew no qualifying bid at two foreclosure sales. The auditor offers that list at public auction at least annually, and a tract that still receives no bid meeting the statutory minimum may then be sold for the best price obtainable.
New to this path? Read how over-the-counter certificates work.
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County offices
Tax Collector (runs the certificate sale)
County notes
- Meigs County Sheriff's Office: Scott Fitch, Sheriff, 104 E 2nd St, Pomeroy, OH 45769, phone 740-992-3371, fax 740-992-2654. Sheriff sale questions go to Traci Carter at 740-992-4652.
- Meigs County Clerk of Courts, Legal Division: Sammi Mugrage, 115 E. Memorial Drive, Suite B, Pomeroy, OH 45769, phone 740-992-5290. Foreclosure case dockets are searchable through CourtView, linked from the Clerk site.
- Meigs County Auditor: Mary T. Byer-Hill, 100 E. Second Street #201, Pomeroy, OH 45769, phone 740-992-2698. The Auditor publishes no forfeited land or tax sale list and points to the Sheriff for upcoming sales.
- The August 2026 delinquent land tax listing carried eight cases numbered 25-DLT-003 through 25-DLT-014, all captioned Tonya Griffin, Meigs County Treasurer, against the owner, with opening bids from 6,357.59 to 23,396.17 dollars on parcels in Pomeroy, Long Bottom, Rutland, and Middleport.
- Second half 2026 property taxes were due August 7, 2026, per both the Treasurer and the Auditor, the same day as the advertised delinquent land tax sale.
- An older notice on the Sheriff's news page advertises an online sale on a date that no longer matches the calendar, so work from the current Sheriff Sales page rather than archived notices.
- No Meigs County tax lien certificate sale was found on the Treasurer, Auditor, Sheriff, or Clerk of Courts sites.
- Third party foreclosure listing sites carry Meigs County properties but none of them conduct the county sale.
Ohio rules
- Redemption
- Ohio has no post-sale redemption window. On the certificate track the owner or any other person entitled to redeem may pay the county treasurer at any time before the certificate holder pays to start foreclosure, and after that up until the entry of confirmation of sale, the expiration of the 28-day alternative redemption period, or the decree that conveys title to the certificate holder. On the direct foreclosure track, delinquent land may be redeemed before proceedings begin, and afterwards up to the entry of confirmation of sale or the end of the alternative redemption period. The alternative redemption period is 28 days after an adjudication of foreclosure is journalized, and when it expires the right and equity of redemption terminate without any further order. Once title vests, a decree conveying the parcel to a certificate holder is a permanent bar to redemption.
- Deed deposit
- For residential property the deposit is fixed by statute: $2,000 if the appraised value is $10,000 or less, $5,000 if it is above $10,000 and up to $200,000, and $10,000 if it is above $200,000. A judgment creditor buying at its own sale posts no deposit. For commercial property the deposit follows whatever requirements the sale sets. Deposit timing is set by the court or the officer conducting the sale and printed in the sale advertisement, and an online sale may take the deposit by card or other financial transaction device.
- Surplus proceeds
- Sale proceeds pay costs first, then the certificate holder or the taxing districts, and any residue goes to the clerk of the court within 45 days after confirmation. The clerk notifies the former owner. Residue left unclaimed 90 days after that final notice is paid into the county treasury and held for the owner, who may demand it within three years. After three years it is forfeited to the county's delinquent tax and assessment collection fund, or to the county land reutilization corporation fund where one exists.
A tax deed does not convey marketable title. Most buyers file a quiet title action before they can resell or insure the property. See the due diligence guide.
Frequently asked questions
Does Meigs County, Ohio sell tax liens or tax deeds?
Meigs County follows Ohio's hybrid system. The County Treasurer sells tax lien certificates, and the County Sheriff handles the tax deed sale on parcels whose certificates go unredeemed.
When is the Meigs County tax certificate sale?
No tax lien certificate sale is scheduled or advertised. The Treasurer's website publishes no certificate sale date, list, or bidder notice. Always confirm the exact date with the County Treasurer before the sale.
How often does Meigs County hold tax deed sales?
Meigs County holds its tax deed sale once a year. Sales are posted case by case rather than on a fixed annual date. Each sale is scheduled and advertised in advance, so check the county's tax deed calendar for the next posted date.
I own a property in this sale. Can I stop it?
Often yes, by paying the overdue taxes, interest, and costs before the deadline. Ohio's redemption rule: 1 year after the certificate sale before the holder can request foreclosure; redemption then stays open until confirmation of sale. Call the Meigs County Sheriff's Office as early as possible for your exact payoff and options; deadlines are strict. Free help: lawhelp.org lists legal aid programs, and consumerfinance.gov lists HUD-approved housing counselors.
Where can I find the Meigs County tax sale list?
Meigs County posts its tax sale list at meigssheriff.org. Lists go up ahead of each sale and keep changing until the sale date, so confirm every parcel against the county's legal advertisement before you bid.
Verified Aug 7, 2026 against official county and state sources.
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